Original Press Release

Global Specialties Introduces the R700 Vector Robotic Arm

Press release date: Jun 09, 2014

Yorba Linda, CA, — Global Specialties today introduced the Vector Robotic Arm. The R700 is a high quality robotic arm for educators and robotics enthusiasts. Fully assembled and ready to be programmed in the C language, it is ideally suited for teaching or learning the basics of electronics, mechanics and programming.

The robot comes with many example programs already written. Easily download them to the ATMEGA64 microcontroller using the supplied USB interface and the RobotLoader software. Or write your own custom programs using the free open-source WinAVR software.

Control the robot using the included keyboard or RACS software. Using the software you can record the movements of the Vector and play them back.

The I/Os (in and outputs), together with the flexible I2C bus system, allow the addition of extra modules such as wireless control.

About Global Specialties Since 1973, Global Specialties has been the recognized leader in innovative electronics training solutions for education and industry. Global Specialties' prototyping and trainer systems set the worldwide standard for reliability, durability and long life, designed to take the sustained use of educational, research and product testing environments. A leader in the development of integrated teaching systems, Global Specialties offers completely packaged courses including everything required for effective instruction. Global Specialties' products are available from electronics distributors worldwide.